Width of the Hadley cell in simple and comprehensive general circulation models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Frierson, Dargan M W ^a   Lu, Jian ^b   Chen, Gang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

METEOROLOGY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CELL; MOISTURE CONTENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 36549068755     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031115     Document Type: Article

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